Wednesday, August 31, 2011

With the 917/30 program coming to an abrupt end at
the end of 1973, three of the six designed frames were never completed in
period. Chassis 917/30-006 was already at Penske's workshop ready to be
built up as one of the 1974 team cars when the Can-Am entry was axed. In
1982 the existing parts were acquired by legendary Porsche dealer Vasek
Polak and he set about assembling sufficient parts to complete the car.
He finally succeeded in 1995 and shortly after sold the car. Since then
it has been regularly raced and is seen here at the 2009 Monterey
Historic Races where Porsche was the featured marque.read more @ ultimatecarpage photos MoVilla/Saysomething.us and Wouter Melissen

Toyota’s TMG EV P001 just became the first electric car
to shatter the 8-minute barrier at the Nurbirgring racetrack in
Germany, with a blazing new time of 7 minutes and 47.794 seconds. Toyota Motorsport GmbH knocked an entire minute off the speed record for an EV at the ‘Ring’. The car handily beat the Peugeot EX1′s
already amazing April record of 9 minutes and 1.338 seconds, which
shows that the technology behind electric vehicle motors is really
taking off.

The famed Tahiti surf break, Teahupoo, has produced some of the most epic waves the ASP has ever seen for any event with the Billabong Pro Teahupoo tow in session to go down in the surfing records books as one of the most insane sessions ever surfed.
Watch this video created by the team at Billabong which shows the Billabong Pro Teahupoo tow in session. You won’t believe it is humanly possible to surf on these slabs of water. Absolutely insane!!!read more here

Brian Redman, one of the greatest all-round racing drivers in the history of our sport, was re-united with the legendary Ferrari 312P/B at Pebble Beach past weekend (August 19, 20, 21). Here, in his own words, he recalls that brilliant car and his life and times at Ferrari.

Friday, August 26, 2011

This car is a unique piece of Trans Am history. It was built in 1970, driven by Mark Donahue and finish second in the points championship. In 1971, Penske sold this car to Roy Woods racing, and they updated the sheet metal to 1971. In 1971, the car was driven by Vic Elford, Peter Revson, Milt Minter and George Follmer. In 1972, Roy Woods again campaigned the Javelins in AMC red, white and blue colors, and won the Trans-American championship with George Follmer and Roy Woods, as the drivers.
This car was restored as driven in 1972.